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WILLIS H. BOOTH Chairman of ihe Day 

FLAG PROCESSION 

Under Command 
CAPTAIN JAMES S. FRANCE 

MUSIC Palriolk Medley 

INVOCATION 

REV. WILLIAM MacCORMACK, D. D. 

MUSIC Overture La Patrie Bizel 

ADDRESS WILLIAM A. SPALDING 

President Lafayette Day Committee 

ADDRESS CHARLES R. FLETCHER 

Lafayette Day National Committee 

MUSIC Stars and Stripes ....... Sousa 

ADDRESS HON. FREDERIC T. WOODMAN 

Mayor of Los Angeles 

ADDRESS HON. LOUIS SENTOUS. Jr. 

Consular Agent of France 

MUSIC American Fantasia ...... Herbert 

ADDRESS ORRA E. MONNETTE 

President. Society Sons of Revolution 

ADDRESS .... MRS. JOSIAH EVANS COWLES 

President General Federation of Wom3n's Clubs 
MUSIC Vocal Solo La Marseillaise. MARGUERITE SIGONDE, Soprano 

ADDRESS HON. ROBERT L. HUBBARD 

MUSIC Patriotic Ensemble 

PHILHARMONIC QUARTETTE 

Harold Proctor Norman McPhail 

F. C. McPh<rson Dr. J. Lester Adams 

WERE COMING JEAN. Original Poem read by PERCIVAL J. COONEY 

MUSIC America 



MUSICAL DIRECTOR 

MAESTRO EDWARD LEBEGOTT 

DIRECTOR OF ARRANGEMENTS 

GENERAL CHARLES H. WHIPPLE 



Xaf alette iDa^ (Telebrallon 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

Appointed by 

HON. FREDERIC T. WOODMAN 

Mayor of Los Angeles 



William A. Spalding, President 
Pierson W. Banning, Secretary-Treasurer 



HEADQUARTERS 

Library, Society, Sons of the Revolution 

Citizens National Bank Building 

Los Angeles 



EXECUTIVE BOARD 

Dr. Hector Alliot Perry W. Weidner 

Gen. Charles H. Whipple - Stoddard Jess 

Charles R. Fletcher Motley Flint 

Major George P. Robinson John E. Fishburn 

Charles Winsel Dr. Arthur D. Houghton 

Louis J. Sentous Jr., Dr. C. G. Cahen 

William H. Knight Capt, James S. France 

Alvin H. Low William Read 

Willis H. Booth Eugene H. Lahee 

George J. Denis Charles S. Gilbert 
Edward L. Doheny 



COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS 
Dr. Hector Alliot, Chairman 
General Charles H. Whipple Louis J. Sentous, Jr. 

Charles R. Fletcher French Consular Agent of France 

Major George Prentiss Robinson Prof. William H. Knight 

Charles Winsel Alvin H. Low 

Vice-Consul of Belgiurrx Willis H. Booth 

George J. Denis 



FINANCE COMMITTEE 
Edward L. Doheny, Chairman 
Perry W Weidner Marco H. Hellman 

Stoddard Jess Dr. Arthur D. Houghton 

Motley Flint Dr. C. G. Cahen 

John E. Fishburn William A. Spalding 



PUBLICITY COMMITTEE 

Captain James S. France, Chairman 

Prof. William H. Knight William Read 

MUSIC COMMITTEE 

Dr. Hector Alliot, Chairman 

Dr. C. G. Cahen Dr. Arthur D. Houghton 



SPECIAL COMMITTEES 

CHAIRMAN OF THE DAY 

Willis H. Booth 



VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE DAY 
Dr. Hector Alliot 



DIRECTOR OF ARRANGEMENTS 
Gen. Charles H. Whipple 



FLAG RAISING 
Capt. James D. France 



NATIONAL COSTUMES 
(Allied Nations) 
Charles Winsel 



SCHOOLS 
Alvin H. Low 



HISTORIC PICTURES 
Charles R. Fletcher 



INVITATIONS 
Major George P. Robinson 



HISTORICAL INFORMATION 

Prof. William H. Knight 




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By PAUL WAYLAND BARTLETT, Sculptor 
Gift of the school children of the United States to the French nation 



Xafa^i^tte 



DEFENDER OF LIBERTY — HERO OF TWO NATIONS 

BY WILLIAM H. KNIGHT 

A thrilling- chapter in the World's history is that which 
records an alliance of the American Colonies and the 
French Nation during the Revolutionary War; an alli- 
ance secured through a heroic devotion to the cause of 
liberty by Marquis de Lafayette, the youthful scion of 
an ancient and noble family. 

When that immortal document — the Declaration of 
Independence — reached France in December, 1776, it 
made a profound impression on the people of that 
country. One day young Lafayette, then Captain of the 
Guards, though only nineteen years of age, was dining 
with the Count de Broglie and his royal guest — 3, brother 
of the English king. The heroic attitude of the Amer- 
ican insurgents was the subject of discussion and the 
ardent nature of Lafayette was so thrilled that he silently 
resolved to go at once to that distant land and join the 
band of patriots who were struggling- to establish free- 
dom on those American shores. 

At the first opportunity he embarked with fourteen 
companions, including Baron de Kalb, on a vessel which 
set sail from a Spanish port, and after a long and stormy 
\oyage of seven weeks his party landed in South Caro- 
lina where they were received with great enthusiam. 

Proceeding overland, most of the way on horseback 
(the primitive roads were so bad) he accomplished the 
journey of 900 miles to Philadelphia in thirty-two days. 
He was at first treated coldly by John Flancock, Presi- 
dent of the Continental Congress, but when he offered 
to serve as a volunteer and without pay he received the 
appointment of major general without being assigned 
to a division. 

\\'hcn A^'ashington met the young soldier the next 
da}' and observed his modest but manly bearing, he was 
struck with the nobility of his sentiments and with the 
wisdom of his military utterances, and the Commander- 
in-Chief placed him at once on his ])ersonal staff and 
made him a member of liis military family. On that 
day, the last of July 1777. r)iK- of the world's "beautiful 
and historic friendshi])s" was begun, and ''continued 
steadfast and unl)rokc'n until the death of the sfrcat 



American changed the noble Frenchman's friendship 
into reverence and devotion." 

An opportunity to test the young- man's caliber soon 
came. General Howe with British and Hessian troops 
was marching upon Philadelphia when Washington 
interposed with an inferior force. As his right wing 
was broken the young Marquis leaped from his horse 
and rallied the panic-stricken continentals and secured 
an orderly retreat in the fateful battle of Brandywine, 
but not till our hero was wounded so that blood gushed 
from his leg, and he refused to leave his comrades for 
surgical aid till they were safe. His prowess won him 
lasting fame. 

Only a few months later, with a small force of but 
350 men, he attacked and routed the Hessian advance 
with such spirit that Cornwallis thought he was assailed 
by Greene's entire division, and with his 5000 men 
retreated in hot haste to the main army. He had handled 
the situation so shrewdly that it gave proof of his qual- 
ities as leader and strategist. In December, he was 
appointed to the command of the Virginia Division. 

About this time he wrote to his father-in-law, a 
wealthy nobleman in France who had tried to dissuade 
him from coming to America, "At last I have what I 
have wished for — the command of a division. It is weak 
in point of numbers ; it is almost naked, and I must 
make both clothes and recruits ; but I read, I study, 1 
examine, I listen, I reflect, and upon all the result I 
form my opinion and put it into as much common sense 
as I can, for I do not want to disappoint the confidence 
that the Americans have so kindly placed in me." 

Amid the rigors of that awful winter at Valley Forge, 
this tenderly reared young officer set his men an example 
of frugality, self-denial, devotion and courage under 
privation. 

At the end of the campaign of 1778, his country being 
at war with England, Lafayette deemed it his duty to 
return to France and endeavor to interest the French 
nation in the American cause. He was received with 
extraordinary demonstrations of popular enthusiasm by 
all classes of society. As he journeyed to one of his 
estates in the South of France, the towns through which 
he passed received him with processions and civic honors. 
But he kept a level head, turned this adulation to account, 
and secured from the French ])eople and their king an 



army for his beloved America. Count de Rocliaml)eau 
was dispatched with a fleet of warships and 6000 soldiers 
to aid the American cause. 

With this splendid army Lafayette came to America 
a second lime, not as an unwelcome recruit, but with 
the well-earned rank of major general . and as an official 
representative of the court of b^-ance. 

Wdien, after lono- and dishearlenini;" strui^^gies, the 
continental army, aided by the new French troops, en- 
countered the British cohorts and their Hessian allies 
on the field of Yorktown. and struck the final blow wdiich 
terminated the War for Independence, young Lafayette, 
his face aglow with the realization of his fondest hopes, 
was at the side of A\^ashington as. in this supreme 
moment of triumph, the British commander, with 
averted face, tendered his sword to the illustrious victor 
of the seven years' contest, now finally decided by this 
last clash of arms. And, by this forced surrender of 
Cornwallis at Yorktown we realize how providential was 
the aid which the influence of Lafayette in France had 
brought to the American cause at this critical juncture 
of its history. 

His work in America being successfully accom])lishcd, 
Lafayette returned to his beloved France, where he was 
held in such high regard that he was soon instrumental 
in forming the Constituent Assembly which aimed at 
the establishment of a representative government and 
was the first step towards precipitating the French Rex- 
olution. After the fall of the Bastile he was api^nintcd 
commander-in-chief of the National Guards of Paris, 
an organization which rapidly extended throughout the 
kingdom till it embraced 3,000.000 men. It was at his 
suggestion that the tricolor was adojMcd b\- the iM-ench 
l'eo])le and is toda}- tlie rml)leiii «il' li])crty in that 
country. His influence in his natixc land was nnw at 
its height, and it was always exercised on the side of 
moderation, hunianitx. and constitutional libert}'. A\'hen 
the National Assembly decreed the abolition of feudal 
titles r>afayette was among the iir>t to lay d(n\n that of 
Marcpiis which he newer rcsnmed. 

W hen. however, he refused to sanctiem the bloody 
acts of the Jacobins he was condenme(l to death, but he 
esca])ed to Austria where he was inininred in a dungeon 
at Olmutz for fi\-e drear\- year-. i'r«ini this exile he was 
released at the demand ^f Xajxileon and returned t<> 



France in 1799. Recognizing his popularity and great 
ability, Napoleon offered him a post of honor, but this 
he declined for he perceived that Napoleon was drifting" 
into a monarchial form of government, diametrically 
opposed to the republican principles which he held most 
sacred. 

In 1824, when Lafayette was again the guest of the 
American nation, the recollection of his patriotic services 
in the field, and his no less valuable services in securing 
aid from the French Government, endeared him to every 
American. Wherever he went he was hailed with joy 
and admiration. His tour through twenty-four states 
was continually marked by demonstrations of gratitude. 
Cavalcades moved forward to meet him, cannon 
announced his approach, triumphant arches were thrown 
across the streets on which he was to pass. Never did 
a conqueror returning from victorious exploits receive 
such heartfelt adulation. 

When he visited the battlefield of Lexington, an 
address of welcome delivered by a humble citizen — but 
quite characteristic of many other addresses — contained 
these eloquent words : "Impressed with a sense of the 
important services you have rendered this country, we 
greet you on this memorable spot with hearts swelling 
with every emotion which a love for your exalted char- 
acter, and a grateful remembrance of your noble deeds 
can inspire. These hardy yeomanry of the country offer 
you the sincere tribute of their warmest affections. 
Under the folds of that glorious flag which your bravery 
aided to uphold, they now enjoy peace and security. 
In common with grateful millions we express the earnest 
hope that a life so long devoted to the cause of national 
liberty, may be preserved for many years to come, and 
when you have ceased from your labors may our children 
rise up to bless your memory and emulate your virtues." 
In the year 1834, at the ripe age of seventy-seven, 
this unflinching champion of liberty, this hero of republi- 
can institutions on both sides of the Atlantic, this 
defender of the rights of man wherever his virile influ- 
ence could be exerted, revered by the lovers of freedom 
in every civilized nation on the globe, this venerable 
soldier, statesman and philanthropist, passed from the 
scenes of his earthly strifes and triumphs, but the mem- 
ory of his transcendent virtues and achievements will 
be cherished to the end of time. 



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